I love these flowers so much. I guess I love these plants so much since it's the leaves that make them colorful and amazing. One year I decided to paint a poinsettia box and it's still one of my favorites. I wanted a Christmas poem to go along with it, but there was not one. So I wrote this:Poinsettia

hail Christmasthe red starflower of the holy nightand proclaim"be of good cheer"for he lives who altersscarlet sin to whitest snowfor he lives who rosethe third dayfor he lives creator of gracein heaven and earth... in crimson robes He comes againwhile the red star waits and burns and shinesfor to humble manger He first camebut in brightest glory will He reign.Have you ever seen any other poinsettia poems? I also love the Tomie de Paola book. He has a really fun website.. see it here.

It's very difficult to show you the whole of this tree. It's a pencil pine (fake). It goes in a small room though so it's perfect for that. If I back up and take a picture of the whole tree, then you'll see all the contractor off-white walls in this room that I don't really like. So when you look at the tree, imagine a bright lime wall behind it with pretty glossy white trim, which is what it's going to be someday.

...what is done in love is done well. ~ Van Gogh

A Friendly Hello...

I love God, family, friends and country and then in no particular order: painting, art, Jane Austen books and movies, Alexandra Stoddard, Mexican Paper Flowers, holidays, bright colors, ribbons and wrap, Granny Chic, music, poetry, bookclub, being out and about on a pretty day, bouqets of daisies, dancing class with my sweetie, going to lunch with girlfriends, hot pink outfits, happy people, Sun Valley, sunsets over the ponds and stars in the sky... and lots of other things!